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Foreigners

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Trick

It’s Thursday afternoon in sunny Shanghai, and I’ve brought the good weather with me.  It’s 13 C / 55 F and quite nice out today.  It also helps to finally feel human again after the wicked night at the bar … Continue reading →

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Beware of The Flying Scotsman

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Trick

Landed in Shanghai yesterday.   It’s amazing – it’s like a whole different country here!  Contrary to previous beliefs, it’s not all sticky or covered in jam.  Damn.  I’ll keep looking for that place. The language barrier is tough.  Chinese … Continue reading →

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Sipdroid and diamondcard

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Trick

A few years ago when first travelling overseas I spent $10 on a SIP-to-landline calling service, Diamondcard, that would allow me to use Ekiga on my laptop to make phone calls while in the UK to the US.  It works well, and it’s cheap. Nowadays … Continue reading →

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Gnome terminal 2.26 annoyingly protects running child processes?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Trick

Has anyone else been as annoyed as I am about this dialog?  Every time I close a terminal which has a running child process, rather than the terminal closing and the child process(es) getting killed, gnome-terminal tries to protect: I’m … Continue reading →

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Firefox Three, Guinness World Records, and bananas.

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Trick

So I guess bananas has nothing to do with it, although all you monkeys will be jealous to know I had one with my dinner, and it was tasty. However the real fruit of the day is (you guessed it) … Continue reading →

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Evolution Crash Detection

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Trick

I’ve recently made the jump to the latest ‘n greatest desktop, GNOME 2.22. Altogether I’m quite happy with the software. Not so happy with all the Gentoo bugs. But that’s another story. One of my favorite bugs is the crashes … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Buckinghamshire, UK

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Trick

So I got out on Sunday this weekend as well, and rode from High Wycombe to Aylesbury.  It was a good ride!  Proper English weather (rained like piss all day.) Took a few pictures as well. Quite nice that most … Continue reading →

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Hike in Surrey, UK

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Trick

This past Saturday we went on a bit of a hike around Surrey.  It was quite fun!  We had a small crew from work and a few friends from outside work.  Hop on a train from Victoria station to Holmwood, … Continue reading →

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Cycling in London: Not for the faint of heart!

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Trick

Fortunately for me I’m completely nuts! So I’ve been in London (yes the actual City of London) for the past week and a half for work, and part of my adventure was to bring my bicycle with in order to … Continue reading →

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Hey Chicago! Voice your opinion for the Ordinance for Bicycle Safety 2008!

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Trick

I was just recently made aware that the CBF has been working hard at an amendment for some city ordinances on cycling which will help define some legal lines that drivers & cyclists can count on.  I think it’s quite … Continue reading →

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